Release Notes

Release 2.1.0

Summary

This release introduces support for the Evo 2 7B 1M model variant, providing a faster and more resource-efficient option while maintaining strong accuracy for most use cases. The 40B 1M model remains available as the default for maximum accuracy. This update also includes documentation improvements, clarifies advanced usage and model selection, and updates the release notes to reflect the new model variant.

Since the container now supports both 40B/7B variants and custom models, the name of the container has changed from evo2-40b to just evo2. New releases are still published under both names for compatibility and convenience of existing users.

Model Variants

• Evo 2 7B 1M
• Evo 2 40B 1M

New features and improvements

• Added support for the Evo 2 7B 1M model variant, selectable via the NIM_VARIANT=7b environment variable.
• Updated documentation to describe model selection and advanced usage.
• Container name changed from evo2-40b to evo2 to reflect support for multiple model variants and custom models.

Bug fixes

• Minor documentation corrections and formatting fixes.

Performance enhancements

• The 7B model variant offers reduced memory and compute requirements, enabling faster inference.

Breaking changes

• None.

Migration notes

• No migration steps are required for existing users of the 40B model. To use the 7B model, set the NIM_VARIANT environment variable to 7b when launching the container.
• The container is now available under the name evo2 instead of evo2-40b, though both names remain available for compatibility.